EENT PANCE Test Questions and Answers
Most common organism causing orbital cellulitis? - Answer-Strep and Staph
Most common cause of blindness from retinal disease? - Answer-Diabetic retinopathy
Acute loss of monocular vision (amaurosis fugax)? - Answer-Retinal artery occlusion
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EENT PANCE Test Questions and
Answers
Most common organism causing orbital cellulitis? - Answer-Strep and Staph
Most common cause of blindness from retinal disease? - Answer-Diabetic retinopathy
Acute loss of monocular vision (amaurosis fugax)? - Answer-Retinal artery occlusion
Patient complains of floaters or small moving flashes of light then develops loss of
vision in one visual field. Dx? - Answer-Retinal detachment
Patients with this condition report gradual loss of central vision. - Answer-Macular
degeneration
What is optic neuritis? - Answer-Acute inflammation and demyelination of the optic
nerve. Causes monocular vision loss, eye pain, sluggish pupillary response
What is the most common cause of optic neuritis? - Answer-Multiple Sclerosis
First line for optic neuritis? - Answer-IV Solu-Medrol
Acute deep ear pain, erythematous/bulging tympanic membrane, middle ear fluid,
hearing loss. Dx? - Answer-Acute otitis media
3 most common organisms causing AOM? - Answer-Strep pneumo, H. influenzae, M.
catarrhalis
Slow growing, benign tumor of the eighth cranial nerve? - Answer-Acoustic
neuroma/Schwannoma
Acute ear pain, hemotympanum, hearing loss after flying? - Answer-Barotrauma
Treatment for cholesteatoma? - Answer-Surgical/possible stapedectomy
What type of hearing loss is experienced with cerumen impaction? - Answer-Conductive
hearing loss
What type of hearing loss is caused with TM rupture? - Answer-Conductive hearing loss
, What type of hearing loss is associated with aging (presbyacusis)? - Answer-
Sensorineural hearing loss
What type of hearing loss is associated with Meniere's disease? - Answer-Sensorineural
hearing loss
Common cause of Cauliflower ear (recurrent damage to cartilage)? - Answer-
Hematoma of the external ear
Patient presents with acute painful, swollen auricle, tragal tenderness and otorrhea. Dx?
- Answer-Otitis externa
Most common organism in otitis externa. - Answer-Pseudomonas
What is the treatment for small tympanic membrane perforation? - Answer-Avoid water,
possibly antibiotics if infected
Bacterial infection / cellulitis of the floor of the mouth (stems from root of the mouth),
potentially life threatening - Answer-Ludwig's angina
Most common type of laryngeal cancer. - Answer-Squamous cell
Most common type of thyroid cancer - Answer-Papillary
Risk factors for thyroid cancer? - Answer-Hx of radiation exposure, hx of goiter, female
gender, Asian
Worst and most aggressive type of thyroid cancer? - Answer-Anaplastic thyroid cancer
Treatment for brachial cleft cyst? - Answer-Antibiotics for acute infection; surgical
excision for definitive treatment
Painful, purulent, erythematous lesion of the eyelid. - Answer-Hordeolum
Most common organism infecting hordeolum? - Answer-Staph aureus
What is the term for "inflammation of the lacrimal gland"? - Answer-Dacryoadenitis
Swelling of the outer upper lid with erythema, tenderness and excess tearing/discharge.
- Answer-Dacryoadenitis
Is open angle glaucoma symptomatic or asymptomatic? - Answer-Usually asymptomatic
Intra ocular pressure reading to diagnose glaucoma? - Answer->21 mmHg
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